Can a new chores app encourage men to do more housework and help close the gender gap?

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda This article was orginally published on 24 July 2023. It was updated on 3 August 2023. Spain is launching a new app to highlight the uneven way household chores are typically shared […]

Here are 4 parliaments that have more women than men

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gabi Thesing, Senior Writer, Formative Content There was much celebration last year when for the first time in New Zealand’s history there were more women in parliament than men. Soraya Peke-Mason from the liberal Labour Party was sworn in […]

Inflation affects women more than men. Civil society can help

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Bincheng Mao, Global Shaper, New York Hub Across the world, we are facing an acute inflation crisis. In its latest economic outlook report, the IMF forecasts global inflation to increase to a record 8.8 percent in 2022, citing […]

Just 24% of news sources are women. Here’s why that’s a problem

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sarah Macharia, Programme Manager, The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) & Marcus Burke, Research Analyst – Media, Entertainment and Culture, World Economic Forum In 2015, research suggests just 24% of news sources (people seen, heard or read […]

More women than ever are working in Hollywood, but men still dominate key roles

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content Women are making slow but steady progress towards equality in the movies. New research says two-fifths of films in 2019 had female protagonists – a record high. But much more needs to […]

We have to fight for a fairer tech industry for women

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Gillian Tans, President and Chief Executive Officer, Booking.com The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2019 reveals that we have closed 68% of the gender gap worldwide. The survey predicts that it will take 108 years to achieve […]

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